Q: Is 42,243,328 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,243,328 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,243,328 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 42243328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 31 32 62 64 124 128 248 256 496 992 1,984 3,968 5,323 7,936 10,646 21,292 42,584 85,168 165,013 170,336 330,026 340,672 660,052 681,344 1,320,104 1,362,688 2,640,208 5,280,416 10,560,832 21,121,664 and 42,243,328, with no remainder.

Since 42,243,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,243,328, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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